Our Academy Is Back This Weekend 

We are delighted to announce that our underage academy are back training this weekend. Boys born in 2016 & 2017 will play football & hurling together on Saturday mornings at 9:30 in Watergrasshill pitch and Wednesday evenings at 6:30 in Glenville pitch.

Our academy is a great way to have fun & make new friends so if your son would like to give it a go, pop along on Saturday or Wednesday and we're sure they'll have a great time. An Cupán Tae will be open for Tea & Coffee or we'd be delighted to welcome new parents to get involved - no experience necessary as we’ve always plenty of qualified coaches on hand to hel you get involved.

Weekend Fixtures Curtailed

Of the 4 games originally scheduled for last weekend, only 1 went ahead with U-14, and Junior games falling foul of the weather and the U-18 game postponed due to a bereavement in the Carrigaline club, to whom we offer our condolences. Only the Intermediate league game went ahead last weekend & given the weather in the past number of weeks, our pitch wouldn’t have been playable had the previous 3 games been played.

Sunday 19^th March, RedFM Intermediate Hurling D5 League

Watergrasshill 2-12 V 0-7 Castlemartyr

With Daire O’Leary on intercounty duty for Cork, manager Pat Heffernan made some positional changes in defence and was delighted with the reaction of the lads, especially Mick O’Driscoll, Dylan Roche and James Gowen who were rock-solid throughout. Given how soft the pitch was and the amount of rain that fell, it was always going to be a tough day for the players. Castlelyons started quickly with a point from play after just 2 minutes, but it was the only occasion when they held the lead as once Seán Desmond rattled the net in the 9th minute, the result was never in doubt. With that goal on the board, we led 1-5 to 0-3 after 15 minutes and despite the use of a sweeper from Castlemartyr, massive work rate from Brendan Lehane and Ian O’Callaghan helped Desmond to his 2^nd goal of the day on 23 minutes and the lead was stretched to 2-7 to 0-4. With the half-time score 2-9 to 0-5 in Watergrasshill’s favour the bench was emptied and the like of Ricken, Lehane and Desmond were given a well deserved cup of tea. It was great to see the younger lads like Liam Foley, Ciarán O’Leary and Mick O’Driscoll perform so well at this level and it certainly augers well for the future. The 2^nd half didn’t quite live up to the level of the first, but that’s credit to Aiden Foley and Brian Fenton who were determined to keep Castlemartyr at bay. Watergrasshill just shaded the 2^nd half 0-3 to 0-2, running out winners on a final score of 2-13 to 0-7. A good solid performance from the lads and hopefully they can keep that momentum up in their next outing against Cloughduv on April 2^nd.

2023 Membership now open

Our 2023 club membership is now open and we would encourage everyone to renew as soon as possible. Our playing, non-playing and social membership options are available again this year. It’s not just important for players to complete their membership for insurance and registration purposes, but social and non-playing members are just as important to ensure we have up to date member numbers, this help with Capital grant applications to GAA organisations and external private funding to help us continue to develop the best possible facilities for our community.

This year we have simplified the registration process by moving to the Foireann platform, which is provided by the GAA. Everyone will already have profiles set-up on Foireann from the days of COVID health questionnaires, but anyone who needs extra support to resister can just contact any club officer and we’ll gladly help you out.

Rebels Bounty 2023

The Rebels Bounty draw is an initiative of "One Cork" to give clubs a significant opportunity to raise funds. Proceeds from every ticket sold above minimum targets go directly to our clubs in Watergrasshill & Glenville. We had a fantastic response in 2021 and tickets are now up for renewal. We are asking all members and supporters to renew again this year and support this very important fundraised for both clubs. The 2022 prize fund is over €500,000 with 30 chances to win every month. Entries can be made on-line via www.gaacork.ie/rebelsbounty or through any club member. If you need any assistance, feel free to contact Brian or Paud or please email rebelsbounty@gaa.ie or hillglenvillerebelsbounty@gmail.com. Your support is greatly appreciated with much needed funds going directly into supporting your club and your community, míle buiochas duitse go léir.

Lotto

There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot this week. Numbers drawn were 4, 9, 18 & 19. Lucky dip winners are Alan Long, Denis Murphy, Shane McCarthy and Jerry Mackey. Congrats to you all. Next week's jackpot is €3,000 and draw will take place on 27^th March in The Fir Tree Bar. Tickets are on sale in some of the village businesses like The Hut Bar, The Fir Tree, Johnny's Shop and our new Lotto stand in Ross's Centra. Tickets can also be purchased on-line via our club website (www.watergrasshillgaa.ie). The Club would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members and supporters of the Watergrasshill GAA Club Lotto. The Club Lotto is a vital source of income for the running of all our teams within the Club and for future development of our facilities, so we ask you to please support it if you are in a position to do so. Remember, if you’re not in you can’t win.

Upcoming Fixtures

Wednesday March 29^th, Rebel Óg East Fé18 D1 League

Kiltha Óg V Watergrasshill in Dungourney at 6:30pm

Friday March 31^st, Rebel Óg East Fé14 D1 League

Watergrasshill V Kiltha Óg in Watergrasshill at 6:30pm

Sunday April 2^nd, Rebel Óg East Fé16 D1 League

Watergrasshill V Erin’s Own in Watergrasshill at 11:00am

Sunday April 2^nd, RedFM Intermediate Hurling D5 League

Cloughduv V Watergrasshill in Cloughduv at 11:30am

Sunday April 2^nd, East Cork Junior D2 League

Aghada V Watergrasshill in Rostellan at 3:00pm

Recent Results

Sunday March 19^th, RedFM Intermediate Hurling D5 League

Watergrasshill 2-12 V 0-7 Castlemartyr